The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-13
EOCAE NEWS.

Rhubarb pies.
Strawberries pretty soon.
Have you had green peas yet?
The Band of Hope did itself proud.
Wasn't Wednesday a delightful day?
Potato bugs have made their appearance.
Shad are plentiful this week and of rea-
sonable price.
The man who has his garden planted is
now the happy one.
The circus took lots of people from
Woodstown, but there were lots left also.
Two hundred and twenty-one tickets
for Salem were sold at our station on Sat
urday.
Salem Bank stock brought at public
sale last Saturday $112.25 per share. Par
value, $50.
Court assemblies next Tuesday. Present
indications do not point to a very large
amount Of business.
John C. Reeves has removed to Yorke-
Gown and will engagc in ~store-keeping at
the old stand of Wilbert Hickman.
are our UtiStiltSS HUI SJluH " Hay kilC
street sprinkler running this season ?
The machine is quietly resting in a down
town barn.
District Clerk Andrews is engaged this
week in taking census of the children of
school age i'll School District No. &c.
Woodstown.)
The Fenwick (formerly the koppenheim)
base ball club, of Salem, will play u match
game with the Bridgeton club at Salem on
Decoration Day.
A big hole in the road over Clark's mill
dam needs attention from somebody before
some other body gets q broken wagon or n
broken neck there.
The county administration changed from
Republican to Democratic on Wednesday.
There wasn't any earthquake or eruption
of any kind that we heard of.
d. w. Lippincott this week opens his
new store in Turner'S building, adjoining
Mounts ice cream saloon, with a new and
varied stock of miscellaneous goods.
The Woodstown public schools will
close for the summer vacation about June
10th. Some public exercises are in con-
temptation in connection herewith.
Ic Il I'LL tNtbltIt't tl.tCh In IL lfit OiiN
ton. We put our bicycle on it the other
evening and made the halfmile in -'steen
minutes, breaking the record all to smash.
Benz. Borton is meeting with q good
measure of success in his new dairy en-
terprise and has ready sale for all that he
can manufacture. His butter is of excel
lent quality.
The opening night at Mounts new ice
cream saloon was highly successful. The
supply of cream was exhausted all too soon
and many We're turned away without an
opportunity to sample the new make.
One day last week John Keen, his wife
AID another lady, while driving from
Edward Sibley's to their own homes in
IIarrisonville, their horse got scared, upset
the carriage, throwing ont the occupants,
and the ladies directly underneath the
overturned vehicle, which was badly
broken.
Until he has taken possession of the
store now occupied by L. A. Massey, in
the Fall. Ernst Becker will utilize the
room in the rear of his restaurant as q
ladies' ice cream saloon. lie has fitted it
up nicely and keeps on hand excellent
cream of Davis manufacture, from Salem.
His restaurant las no superior i'll South
Jersey for nea tnesss and convenience.
We are requested by Miss Annie Mac
a~ltioner, superintendent of the Band of
Hope, to say to all those who in any way
assisted in the preparations for the late en-
tertainment, and especially to the parents
who kindly interested themselves in pre-
pairing costumes &c. for their children who
participated, that she thanks them heartily
for their kindness and for the appreciation
thus manifested for the work of the Band.
Harry Rodrian had no sooner started out
with his new rig for grinding knives II
scissors and sharpening saws than, as ill
luck would have it, his horse up and died.
He circulated subscription paper and the
people contributed a sufficient amount for
him to procure another animal with which
he is again on the road, and we hope better
luck is in store for him and that he will
rapidly grind his way into fortune if not
TO fame.